noun
jumping mice
• Syn: ↑family Zapodidae
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Myomorpha, ↑suborder Myomorpha
• Member Meronyms: ↑jumping mouse, ↑Zapus, ↑genus Zapus
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\\zəˈpädəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a widely distributed family of myomorph rodents that includes the jumping mice of No. America and related Old World mice
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Zapodidae /za-podˈi-dē/
plural noun
The jumping mouse family
ORIGIN: Formed from Gr za- very, pous, podos foot, and sfx -idae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.